Wasteland Border Inspector

Chapter 17 Genetic Advantage, Luo Xiaoxue's Teaching!
After Song Yongfeng, the "outsider," left, the atmosphere between the two was no longer as serious as before.

Although their last meeting was a brief encounter when the original owner had just come out of the high walls, without even exchanging greetings, Cheng Ye inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity with Luo Xiaoxue.

If I had to describe her, she'd be a female version of Brother B?
He was not at all shy or awkward, and his speech, actions, and interactions with others were all very natural and generous.

After exchanging a few polite words, Cheng Ye immediately changed the subject.

"Sister Luo, when did Brother B leave?"

"They left shortly after we finished our call. The people in the inner city are different from those in our buffer zone. They do everything as if they're being chased by infected."

"I don't know much about hydroelectric power stations, but Brother B..."

"Don't worry about him. He and your father have walked this road to the hydroelectric power station at least a hundred times. They could walk it with their eyes closed. As for the infected..."

As Luo Xiaoxue spoke, she took out a small booklet, about the size of a palm, from her bag.

"The hydroelectric power station is the most important asset of Happiness City. Two guard teams of 500 people are stationed there. You don't need to worry about security at all. Let me put it this way: the infected wave that managed to break through our buffer zone and get to the hydroelectric power station will probably have a hard time even getting close. It's just that it will stay there for a while and won't be able to come back."

"As for you, with the recent torrential rains, the frequency of hydrophilic infections will definitely increase significantly. This booklet is something I compiled, containing ways to deal with common hydrophilic infections. It may not be as comprehensive as the one your brother B compiled himself, but you can compare it with the prosecutor's instructions and learn by comparing them."

"Thank you so much, Sister Luo!"

Cheng Ye quickly took the booklet and thanked him repeatedly.

In terms of combat ability, Liu Bi is naturally stronger, but when it comes to compiling information, Luo Xiaoxue is clearly being modest.

He had heard Liu Bi mention it briefly during a break after practice.

Eight years ago, the checkpoints did not have such power; the buffer zone was jointly managed by the checkpoints and the Public Security Bureau.

The former is responsible for guarding the sentry posts, while the latter is responsible for handling infected individuals and protecting the safety of the area.

At the time, Luo Xiaoxue was an instructor in the Public Security Bureau, responsible for teaching and training new recruits. When an infection wave occurred, she would immediately rush to the front line to fight the infected.

The buffer zone underwent several reforms, and the Security Department was abolished by the senior management of Happy City, with all its powers and personnel merged into the checkpoint.

Luo Xiaoxue happened to be pregnant, so she simply chose to leave and become a "full-time housewife".

Many years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Cheng Ye opened the manual, glanced at it, and couldn't help but sigh, "Sister Luo is still as charming as ever. If I finish reading this, I should be able to be considered your student, right?"

"Hey, you little rascal, you're quite the chatterbox!"

Luo Xiaoxue was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but roll her eyes at Cheng Ye, her smile widening.

Liu Bike has been talking about Cheng Ye a lot lately; she has actually formed a simple image of him long ago.

Intelligent, hardworking, diligent, and exceptionally talented, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he's a younger version of Jackie Chan.

However, it wasn't until they met today that she realized the real Cheng Ye and the Cheng Ye Liu Bi described were completely different people!

Even if Cheng Long, an honest man, kept that sentence to himself for his entire life, he probably would never have said it.

"This isn't just banter; it's the truth."

Cheng Ye blinked. "But... are there really that many hydrophilic infected species roaming around our Shijiazhuang province?"

A quick glance revealed that the booklet recorded at least sixty different sources of infection.

Moreover, each source of infection has different capabilities, and when they appear simultaneously, the difficulty in dealing with them is definitely not as simple as 1+1.

"a lot of!"

Luo Xiaoxue nodded emphatically, “Our province, Shi, has a well-developed water system, which naturally attracts all kinds of aquatic infectious agents. Now that the rain line has moved south, no one can say for sure whether they will migrate with the rain line. Moreover, the list I’ve compiled for you is not all of them, but only those that have appeared around our Happiness City in the last ten years.”

"Memorizing these will be enough for you to remain calm when faced with a regular attack from infected. As for those individuals who retain some consciousness after infection, I heard from Liu Bi that you just dealt with a Death Whisper Tentacle Infected the day before yesterday?"

"Yes, he must have been possessed by the Deathly Tentacle after drowning, and he managed to make it to Happiness City by clinging to his obsession."

"Yes, these are the infected that we need to be most wary of! Ordinary infected will only lurk in the shadows and launch surprise attacks. As long as we are careful and know their special abilities, it is difficult to fall for them when they are near checkpoints."

But infected individuals with residual consciousness are different; they can disguise themselves, deceive your judgment, and some can even evade detectors. Only through meticulous verbal traps can their deception be detected.

“Perfect timing. Let me give you a few typical examples, all of which your Brother B and I have personally encountered.”

Fearing that Cheng Ye might be careless, Luo Xiaoxue explained things in great detail, with content far exceeding what Cheng Ye had previously attended as a trainee prosecutor.

In particular, these experiences are not just the fancy stuff taught in internships, but practical insights that only those who have personally come into contact with infected individuals can summarize.

Since it concerned their lives, Cheng Ye listened with utmost attention, occasionally interjecting with questions. Despite it being their first conversation, it flowed remarkably smoothly.

Ding dong.

Even as the bank closed at 8:30 p.m. and the staff pushed open the door to leave, they were still sitting at the entrance chatting animatedly.

"Come on, it just so happens that your Brother B isn't home today, so there's a spare bed. Let's go home and continue our chat!"

One person speaks, and the other listens.

One person asked, and the other answered.

The question was tricky, but the answer was appropriate.

Luo Xiaoxue patted the armrest of the bench, and the way she looked at Cheng Ye was no longer that of an outstanding junior, but rather a rough diamond!
She had been an instructor for nearly six years and had seen many geniuses, but none of them could compare to Cheng Ye.

That instinct to draw inferences from one instance to another, that ability to quickly comprehend—Luo Xiaoxue had only ever seen such things in books describing people from the old era.

Legend has it that in that era, humans did not have to worry about survival, nor did they pursue military power. Their brain activity was extremely developed, and their learning speed and ability to accept new things were several times that of the humans in the wasteland today.

"Oh, this isn't a good idea, is it?"

Cheng Ye scratched his head. "I happen to have one day off. I don't start work until the day after tomorrow, so how about we do it tomorrow?"

"Forget tomorrow, it's right now, tonight!"

No wonder these two get along so well; Liu Bi and Luo Xiaoxue are such a perfect match.

Seeing this, Cheng Ye couldn't refuse, so he could only get on the bus heading to the suburbs.

"Come over whenever you have time, since you're all alone now, right?"

"Um"

Ah, something's starting to feel off!
It feels like I'm facing a mentor?!
Cheng Ye couldn't help but recall that the supervisor he was assigned to after being admitted to graduate school had said the same thing. At the time, he naively thought that he would receive the supervisor's true teachings and that it was not impossible for him to go straight to a PhD in the future.

But soon he realized that his mentor had said this to everyone under him, and that when he called everyone over, it wasn't to teach or impart knowledge, but to do public service work, which led many people next door to laugh at them for being black slaves.

"What are you thinking about?"

"Ah, I was thinking that I could definitely come and learn from Teacher Luo more often in the future."

"Tsk tsk tsk"

Luo Xiaoxue smacked her lips. This ability to spout nonsense without thinking was something Liu Bi hadn't learned, Cheng Long hadn't learned, and many prosecutors she'd met didn't know it either, but she hadn't expected Cheng Ye to be able to do it all on his own.

"I previously thought you could become a probationary prosecutor in two months because you were doing Brother Long a favor."

"I don't need or can't use these favors right now."

"Too."

The bus swayed and rattled, and by the time we reached the next few stops, only two people remained.

The chemical plant's staff quarters are really remote; no matter how large the area, Cheng Ye would never choose to live here.

Otherwise, going to the central checkpoint every day would require taking a bus for at least half an hour, not to mention going to the library to read or to the South Station on the other side of the buffer zone. It would be no different from commuting during rush hour in modern times.

Upon entering the residential compound, Liu Bi's home was on the fifth floor of building four.

Before Luo Xiaoxue could take out her key to open the door, the security door was pushed open from the inside, revealing a small head with a ponytail.

"Oh, Mom, why are you only now?"

Before she could finish speaking, upon seeing Cheng Ye standing behind Luo Xiaoxue, she immediately shrank back, leaving only her big, dark eyes peeking cautiously through the crack in the door.

That sly cleverness made Cheng Ye unable to help but curl the corners of his mouth into a doting smile.

"Yiyi, this is your brother Cheng Ye, Uncle Cheng's son, the one your dad talks about all the time."

"Chengcheng Wild Pot?"

The voice was somewhat childlike, which was quite out of place with the wasteland theme, but it made Cheng Ye, who had been on edge, relax a little.

Indeed, the hope of new life is the main force in fighting fear!

(End of this chapter)